CN101771407B - Switch assembly and air conditioner having the same - Google Patents

Switch assembly and air conditioner having the same Download PDF

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CN101771407B
CN101771407B CN200910177615.0A CN200910177615A CN101771407B CN 101771407 B CN101771407 B CN 101771407B CN 200910177615 A CN200910177615 A CN 200910177615A CN 101771407 B CN101771407 B CN 101771407B
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Abstract

Disclosed herein are a switch assembly and an air conditioner having the same. A switch and a circuit board of the switch assembly are detachably coupled to each other, thus resulting in enhanced maintenance and workability. The switch assembly includes a switch to sense an electrical signal of a human body, a conductive connector to provide the switch with an elastic force, and a circuit board adapted to receive the electrical signal through the connector so as to perform a control operation. The circuit board is detachably coupled with the switch.

Description

Switch module and there is the air-conditioning of this switch module
Technical field
Embodiments of the invention relate to a kind of for guaranteeing removably switch module and a kind of air-conditioning with this switch module of combination of switch and circuit board.
Background technology
Conventionally, the air-conditioning hot transmission that to be a kind of utilization produce in the evaporation of cold-producing medium and condensation process regulates (for example) temperature of air or the equipment of humidity.
The front panel that limits the front surface of general air-conditioning is provided with the inlet hole for sucking room air in its underpart.After processed in the main body of air at air-conditioning sucking, the discharge orifice on the top of air by being arranged on front panel is discharged in the interior space again.
The main body of air-conditioning is held for carrying out the heat exchanger of heat exchange and the blower fan for forcibly the air of heat exchange being blowed towards discharge orifice with the air sucking.
In addition, the front panel of air-conditioning is provided with operating unit.Operating unit comprises the display section of the operating condition for showing air-conditioning and for allowing freely multiple input elements of operating air conditioner of user.
Described multiple input element has outstanding forward structure conventionally, and no matter whether user thinks that operating air conditioner is all visible from front portion, causes design not attractive in appearance.
In addition, multiple switch modules of soft-touch control type are arranged in the rear portion of multiple input elements.Each switch module comprises switch and the circuit board with multiple circuit, and described switch is connected to circuit board by scolder.Therefore, if circuit board or switch break down, to change circuit board itself, cause the maintenance and repair efficiency of product low.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an aspect of of the present present invention is to provide a kind of switch module and a kind of air-conditioning with this switch module, and the switch of switch module and circuit board be removably combination mutually, therefore makes maintainability and machinability strengthen.
An other side part of the present invention will be set forth in part in the following description, and a part will be clear from the description, or can understand by enforcement of the present invention.
Above-mentioned and/or other side of the present invention is by providing a kind of switch module to realize, and this switch module comprises: switch, for the signal of telecommunication of sensing human body; Elecrical connector, for providing elastic force to switch; Circuit board, is suitable for receiving the signal of telecommunication by connector, and with executive control operation, circuit board is removably combined with switch.
Circuit board can comprise at least one light-emitting component.
At least one connecting plate that switch can comprise the cylinder of the outward appearance that limits switch and extend and be suitable for closing with circuit board hook prolong knot from cylinder.
Connector and switch can comprise respectively through hole, and the light sending from light-emitting component is irradiated to outside by described through hole.
The through hole of switch can comprise: the first hole, and connector is close to the first hole; The second hole, has the diameter larger than the diameter in the first hole, to allow being mapped to outside through the illumination in the first hole.
Switch can comprise that the installation for placing connector is recessed.
Connector can be placed on install recessed in, and can be made by flexible liner material, to realize the conduction between switch and circuit board in the time that switch is pushed.
Light-emitting component can comprise light-emitting diode (LED).
Switch can be by chromium plating.
Switch can comprise the strutting piece that is configured to be inserted in circuit board.
Connecting plate can comprise that projection is to be blocked by circuit board.
Above-mentioned and/or other side of the present invention also can be by providing a kind of air-conditioning to realize, the switch module of the signal of telecommunication that described air-conditioning produces when comprising button and selecting button for sensing user, wherein, described switch module comprises: conductive switch, is arranged on the position corresponding with described button; Elecrical connector, for switch provides elastic force; Circuit board, is removably combined with switch and connector.
Described circuit board can comprise and is suitable for optionally luminous at least one light-emitting diode (LED).
Switch can comprise that hook is attached to the connecting plate on circuit board.
Each at least one through hole that comprises in connector and switch, disperses with the light that prevents from sending from LED.
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By the description of embodiment being carried out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, these and/or other side of the present invention will become clear, and easier to understand, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view of the outward appearance of air-conditioning according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the sectional view illustrating according to the internal structure of the air-conditioning of embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view illustrating according to the importation of the air-conditioning of embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram illustrating according to the switch module of embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view that the confined state of the switch showing in Fig. 4 is shown;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that the cross section of the switch showing in Fig. 4 is shown;
Fig. 7 to Fig. 9 is the sectional view that the assemble sequence of switch module is shown.
Embodiment
To describe now embodiments of the invention in detail, its example is shown in the drawings, and wherein, identical label is indicated identical element all the time.
Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view of the outward appearance of air-conditioning according to an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the sectional view illustrating according to the internal structure of the air-conditioning of embodiment, and Fig. 3 is the perspective view illustrating according to the importation of the air-conditioning of embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, comprise according to the air-conditioning 10 of embodiment the front panel 200 that there is the main body 100 of unlimited front side and be arranged on the front side of main body 100.
Blower unit 300 is disposed in the lower area of main body 100, for making indoor air circulation.In addition, heat exchanger 400 is arranged in the upper area of main body 100, for room air cooling or that heating circulates by blower unit 300.
Blower unit 300 comprises blower fan 310, for the fan electromotor 320 of drive drum fan 310 and for guide the blower-casting 330 of the air being blowed towards heat exchanger 400.Blower fan 310 can be the centrifugal fan of two-way induction type, and such centrifugal fan is from both sides before and after it along axial air amount and the air being inhaled into along radial discharge.
Main body 100 can be formed with in the bottom of its rear surface the rear inlet hole 110 for sucking room air.Main body 100 can have the rearwardly projecting support section 120 from its lower end, to allow main body 100 to be more stably supported on indoor ground.Support section 120 is also for separating the rear surface of main body 100 and wall around, and the rear inlet hole 110 that makes room air pass through to form in the rear surface of main body 100 is sucked more effectively.
Front panel 200 can move to open or close forward and backward the front side of main body 100.In the time that air-conditioning 10 is closed, front panel 200 keeps close contact with main body 100.Then,, if air-conditioning 10 entrys into service, front panel 200 is by the operation of the driver element (not shown) preset distance that travels forward.Therefore, the space between the edge of main body 100 and the edge of front panel 200 is opened, discharge orifice 510 and transverse row discharge hole 520 and 530 in generation.
According in the air-conditioning 10 of embodiment, discharge orifice 510,520 and 530 only outwards exposes in the operation process of air-conditioning 10.In addition, because discharge orifice 510,520 and 530 is positioned on the edge that is not easy to see of air-conditioning 10, so even in the operation process of air-conditioning 10, air-conditioning 10 also provides the outward appearance of pleasant for user.
Front panel 200 does not have projection, depression (indentation) or perforation, defines smooth surface.Front panel 200 is provided with operating unit 600 at an upper portion thereof.
Operating unit 600 comprises importation 610, and importation 610 is optionally promoted with operating air conditioner 10 by user.Operating unit 600 is fixed on the rear surface of front panel 200, thereby can not destroy the flatness of the front surface of front panel 200.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 3, in the time that air-conditioning 10 is closed, hidden by front panel 200 according to the operating unit 600 of embodiment, therefore, importation 610 is sightless from the front portion of front panel 200.
Front panel 200 is designed to: in the process turning round at air-conditioning 10, the operating condition of air-conditioning 10 can be presented on the front surface of front panel 200, and do not destroy the Design consistency of front surface, and in the time that air-conditioning 10 is closed, operating unit 600 is sightless from front surface, makes between the front surface of air-conditioning 10 and indoor design around harmonious.
For this reason, can comprise translucent front part 210 and rear plate 220 according to the front panel 200 of embodiment, front part 210 and rear plate 220 have identical size and dimension, and overlap each other.
Translucent member 210 can entirety be translucent.Specifically, translucent components 210 can comprise clear glass 211 and be attached to for example sheet on whole front surface or the rear surface of glass 211 or the semitransparent layer 212 of the form of film.Or translucent components 210 can be formed by translucent synthetic resin board.Rear plate 220 can have the opening 221 for placing operating unit 600.
Be arranged on the operating unit 600 at rear portion of front panel 200 for inputting the various operational orders of air-conditioning 10.Operating unit 600 comprises: importation 610 is optionally promoted in the operation process of air-conditioning 10; Switch module 700, is set to correspondingly with importation 610, and is suitable for the operation of the body current control air-conditioning 10 based on sensing.
Importation 610 comprises multiple buttons 611, and in the operating process of air-conditioning 10, described multiple buttons are optionally promoted.Display section 620 can be arranged on a side of importation 610.
Multiple switch modules 700 are arranged on the position corresponding with button 611 respectively at the rear portion of importation 610.Each switch module 700 senses user and has touched corresponding button 611, and the signal of telecommunication is sent to controller (not shown).Below with reference to Fig. 4 to Fig. 6, switch module 700 is described.
Fig. 4 illustrates the decomposition diagram of switch module according to an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 5 is the perspective view that the confined state of the switch showing in Fig. 4 is shown, Fig. 6 is the perspective view that the cross section of the switch showing in Fig. 4 is shown.
As shown in Figures 4 to 6, comprise according to the switch module 700 of embodiment: switch 710, for the signal of telecommunication of sensing human body; Elecrical connector 720, for providing elastic force to switch; Circuit board 730, removably with switch 710 combinations, once circuit board 730 receives the signal of telecommunication transmitting by connector 720 with regard to executive control operation.
Switch 710 is made up of electric conducting material, and can sensing body current.,, if human body touch is encountered button 611, the electric capacity generation current between button 611 and switch 710, causes switch 710 input electrical signals.
Switch 710 comprises the cylinder 711 of the outward appearance that limits switch 710 and stretches out the connecting plate 712 to be combined with circuit board 730 hooks from cylinder 711.
Switch 710 has the through hole 714 that penetrates it.Through hole 714 comprises the first hole 714a and the second hole 714b with different-diameter, and through hole 714 penetrates cylinder 711.The first hole 714a and the second hole 714b are connected to each other by the inclined-plane 714c with predetermined slant, different with the diameter of the second hole 714b to guarantee the first hole 714a.It is consistent that the gradient of inclined-plane 714c can be suitably adjusted into irradiation angle (light irradiation angle) with light-emitting diode (LED) 731 (will describe after a while).For example, if the LED 731 being arranged on circuit board 730 is suitable for irradiating about 120 light of spending, the gradient of inclined-plane 714c can be approximately 120 degree.
Switch 710 has from the installation recessed 715 of the recessed preset width of its lower surface and the degree of depth.Connector 720 invests to be installed in recessed 715, more specifically, utilizes two-sided tape 716 (seeing Fig. 7) to be fixed on and installs in recessed 715.
Can comprise predetermined connector according to the switch module 700 of embodiment, so that switch 710 and circuit board 730 are connected to each other.Connector is for guaranteeing that the touching signal of switch 710 is transferred to circuit board 730 exactly.
Therefore, cylinder 711 can chromium plating, with sensing body current.Switch 710 has from cylinder 711 and extends and be suitable for being removably attached to the connecting plate 712 circuit board 730.Connecting plate 712 is from the relative both sides at the edge of cylinder 711 to downward-extension, to realize the hook combination between switch 710 and circuit board 730.The end of each connecting plate 712 is formed with projection 712a, makes projection 712a can be mounted in the first hole 732 of circuit board 730 and be blocked by the first hole 732.
Switch 710 also has the strutting piece 713 extending from cylinder 711, and strutting piece 713 is configured to be inserted in circuit board 730.For allow when connecting plate 712 and circuit board 730 in conjunction with time circuit board 730 and switch 710 in position stably combination mutually accurately, the position of strutting piece 713 between connecting plate 712 be to downward-extension, and can be mounted in the second hole 733 of circuit board 730.
Although two connecting plates 712 of switch 710 are shown in, align linearly in the relative both sides at the edge of cylinder 711 and four strutting pieces 713 are shown as between connecting plate 712, certainly, the connecting plate 712 of switch 710 and the quantity of strutting piece 713 can differently determine, to guarantee that circuit board 730 and switch 710 are in the stable bond of position accurately.
Connector 720 is made up of elastomeric material, and to be collapsible to a certain degree, this is because the partition distance between switch 710 and the circuit board 730 of flat type is not constant.Therefore, connector 720 can by with for example, not only there is conductivity but also there is the material that flexible liner is identical and made.Therefore, switch 710 can utilize the elasticity of connector 720 to be pushed, and can realize the electric signal transmission from switch 710 to circuit board 730 simultaneously.
Circuit board 730 is provided with at least one light-emitting component 731 in its precalculated position, luminous can realize from the selectivity of switch 710 and button 611.The light sending from light-emitting component 731 is irradiated to the outside of switch 710 by connector 720, thereby realizes the luminous of corresponding button 611.
Light-emitting component 731 can comprise LED (light-emitting diode) 731.LED 731 is directly installed on circuit board 730.
LED 731 is connected device 720 and switch 710 surrounds, and makes the light sending from LED 731 be irradiated to the outside of switch module 700 by the through hole 721 of connector 720 and the through hole 714 of switch 710.The first hole 714a of through hole 714 can have relatively little diameter, assembles rather than disperses with the light that allows to send from LED731.The second hole 714b of through hole 714 can have the diameter larger than the diameter of the first hole 714a, with the size of the button 611 corresponding to corresponding, thereby allows to be only irradiated to corresponding button 611 through the light of the first hole 714a.
Then, description is there is to assembly operation and the effect of the switch module of above-mentioned structure.
Fig. 7 to Fig. 9 is the sectional view that assembling switch module before and is afterwards shown.First, as shown in Figure 7, the connector 720 of being made up of gasket material can be by using two-sided tape 716 to be fixed to the installation recessed 715 of switch 710.
Then, as shown in Figure 8, the strutting piece 713 of switch 710 is inserted in the second hole 733 of circuit board 730, and the connecting plate 712 of switch 710 is mounted in the first hole 732 of circuit board 730, realizes the assembling of switch 710 and circuit board 730.
In this case, because the projection 712a of the connecting plate 712 of switch 710 is blocked by the first hole 732, so the connecting plate 712 of switch 710 can be attached to circuit board 730.Elastomeric connector 720 is positioned at the central authorities of switch 710, for making switch 710 be returned to its home position.Certainly, for the touching signal that allows switch 710 is transferred to circuit board 730 exactly, can assembly connector 720 to coordinate exactly with the region of the previous design of circuit board 730.
Below, as shown in Figure 9, if user by importation 610 pull switchs 710, switch 710 move with circuit board 730 close contacts.Therefore, connector 720 can be by the electric signal transmission being sensed by switch 720 to circuit board 730.
Now, description is comprised to the operation of the air-conditioning of above-mentioned switch module.
Adopt touching switches according to the air-conditioning 10 of embodiment, make the signal of telecommunication that the running of air-conditioning 10 can be based on producing by contacting with human body and controlled.Therefore, if produce operation signal in the time of human body (, user's finger) touching importation 610, the running that controller (not shown) can be based on operation signal control air-conditioning.
More particularly, if finger touches importation 610, switch 710 is charged by body current.Therefore, electricity is supplied to LED731, realizes the luminous of LED.
LED 731 light irradiations are with the operation information of indication air-conditioning 10, and the light irradiating is guided forward from the rear portion of the translucent components 210 of front panel 200 through translucent components 210.Therefore, user can see the light through the translucent components 210 of front panel 200, and can easily identify the operation information of air-conditioning 10.
At this, because being connected device 720, surrounds LED 731, so the light sending from LED 731 can outwards not dispersed, and be only irradiated to corresponding button 611 by the through hole 714 of switch 710.
If user uses importation 610 to input the running pause command of air-conditioning 10, controller (not shown) is closed air-conditioning 10 and switch module 700 is no longer luminous.Therefore,, from the front portion of front panel 200, the rear portion of front panel 200 is invisible.
In switch module 700 according to an embodiment of the invention, because switch 710 is removably attached to circuit board 730, so switch 710 can easily be changed, and do not need to change whole circuit board 730, maintainability and machinability are improved.
In addition,, because the switch module 700 according to embodiment can be divided into two or three parts, so the unitary construction of switch module 700 is simplified, its manufacturing cost is reduced.
In addition, because light-emitting component 731 is positioned on circuit board 730, consistent with the center line of the through hole 721 and 714 of connector 720 and switch 710, and light-emitting component 731 be connected device 720 around, so the light sending from light-emitting component 731 can only be irradiated to corresponding button 611 by the through hole of switch 710 714.
Be clear that from foregoing description, the present embodiment provides a kind of switch module and a kind of air-conditioning with this switch module, wherein, switch and circuit board are with the mode removably combination mutually of hook combination, thereby can strengthen maintenance and the assembly performance of switch module, and user can identify importation exactly by the light-emitting component of circuit board.
Although shown and described embodiments of the invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the case of not departing from the principle of the present invention and spirit that its scope limits by claim and equivalent thereof, can change these embodiments.

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1. a switch module, comprising:
Switch, for the signal of telecommunication of sensing human body and comprise install recessed;
Elecrical connector, be placed on described installation recessed in, for elastic force being provided to described switch;
Circuit board, is suitable for receiving the signal of telecommunication by described Elecrical connector, and with executive control operation, described circuit board is removably combined with described switch, and wherein, described circuit board comprises at least one light-emitting component,
Wherein, described Elecrical connector and described switch comprise respectively through hole, and the light sending from described light-emitting component is irradiated to outside by described through hole,
Wherein, the through hole of described switch comprises: the first hole, and described Elecrical connector is close to described the first hole; The second hole, has the diameter larger than the diameter in described the first hole, to allow being mapped to outside through the illumination in described the first hole.
2. switch module as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described switch comprises the cylinder of the outward appearance that limits described switch and extends and be suitable at least one connecting plate closing with described circuit board hook prolong knot from described cylinder.
3. switch module as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described Elecrical connector be placed on described installation recessed in, and made by flexible liner material, to realize the conduction between described switch and described circuit board in the time that described switch is pushed.
4. switch module as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described light-emitting component comprises light-emitting diode.
5. switch module as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described switch is by chromium plating.
6. switch module as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described switch comprises and is configured to be inserted into the strutting piece in described circuit board.
7. switch module as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described connecting plate comprises that projection is to be blocked by described circuit board.
8. an air-conditioning, comprises for sensing at the switch module of selecting the signal of telecommunication producing when button,
Wherein, described switch module comprises: conductive switch, is arranged on the position corresponding with described button and comprises that installation is recessed; Elecrical connector, be placed on described installation recessed in and provide elastic force for described conductive switch; Circuit board, is removably combined with described conductive switch and described Elecrical connector,
Wherein, described circuit board comprises and is suitable at least one optionally luminous light-emitting diode,
Wherein, each at least one through hole that comprises in described Elecrical connector and described conductive switch, to prevent that the light sending from described light-emitting diode from dispersing,
Wherein, the through hole of described switch comprises: the first hole, and described Elecrical connector is close to described the first hole; The second hole, has the diameter larger than the diameter in described the first hole, to allow being mapped to outside through the illumination in described the first hole.
9. air-conditioning as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described conductive switch comprises that hook is attached to the connecting plate on described circuit board.
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